linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] aio: enabled thread based async fsync

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Message-ID: <20160112011128.GC6033@dastard>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:11:28 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] aio: enabled thread based async fsync

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 05:07:23PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> Enable a fully asynchronous fsync and fdatasync operations in aio using
> the aio thread queuing mechanism.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <ben.lahaise@...acesystems.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>

Insufficient. Needs the range to be passed through and call
vfs_fsync_range(), as I implemented here:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/28/878

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com